Assembled Set of Seven Worcester Fluted Plates
Manufacturer
Worcester Porcelain Company
(British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1780
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.250
Not on view
DescriptionThis is an assembled set of seven Worcester fluted plates. Each plate is painted in the center with a cluster of iron-red hops and green leaves within a turquoise cailloute roundel edged in gilt C-scrolls and surrounded by six rose and gold trellises alternating with swags of hops suspended from a gros bleu border edged in gilt scrolls and trelliswork panels around the gilt dentil-edged scalloped rim. Three plates have crescent marks and four plates have script W marks, all in underglaze blue. There is some stacking wear and minor wear to the rim edges. One plate has a star crack on the base. Two have chips on the footrim.ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1780-85
